CVE-2017-16151
Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects…
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- hackerone
Description
Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects all recent versions of Electron. Any Electron app that accesses remote content is vulnerable to this exploit, regardless of whether the [sandbox option](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/sandbox-option) is enabled.
Timeline
ID reserved
By hackerone
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
HackerOne · electron node module
- affected < 1.6.14 || >= 1.7.0 < 1.7.8
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmelectronGHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/539 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-16151)Record last updated .